QA leader with over 12 years of experience driving quality excellence across web, mobile, and backend systems. Built and led high-performing QA teams while implementing enterprise-wide testing strategies and automation frameworks. Experienced in mentoring QA professionals and establishing quality practices across organizations.
As Principal QA Engineer in fintech, I lead test automation initiatives for distributed microservices architecture on Google Cloud. I developed comprehensive test strategies leveraging automation pyramid principles and established testing frameworks with CI/CD integration, enabling early detection of regressions across multiple engineering teams.
Skilled in building automated testing frameworks using Python and JavaScript, with expertise in API testing, component testing, and end-to-end automation. Strong focus on developing QA talent, optimizing testing processes, and ensuring quality delivery through close collaboration with stakeholders.
Test Strategy & Architecture: Developed and implemented test automation strategy for distributed microservices on Google Cloud, leveraging automation pyramid to ensure comprehensive coverage.
Pioneered Component Testing Framework: Designed and implemented shift-left testing approach for microservices in TypeScript adopted by several engineering teams that helped reduce manual efforts and speed up development cycles.
Pipeline Integration: Collaborated with DevOps team to design and implement CI pipeline for automated component testing, reducing manual effort and ensuring faster feedback loops.
Test Utilities: Maintained and enhanced a library of JavaScript utilities to support and streamline automation efforts.
Development Tools: Established seamless local test environment setup using Tilt for efficient development and testing workflows.
QA Team Leadership: Built and led a team of QA engineers, fostering high performance through standards implementation and continuous improvement initiatives.
QA Chapter Head: As one of the Heads of QA Chapter, leading initiatives to improve onboarding processes, facilitate knowledge transfer sessions, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
Quality Development: Conducted successful internship programs and mentored QA talent, while authoring comprehensive testing standards adopted across engineering teams.
Production Quality: Facilitated microservice production readiness by improving logging, error handling, and monitoring. Established Datadog dashboards, alerts, and SLI/SLOs to enhance observability and ensure operational reliability.
Google Cloud Platform
Containerization & Development
Observability & Monitoring
CI/CD